Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1872 — School Exhibit. [ARTICLE]

School Exhibit.

The following facts and figures, taken front the School Examiner’s reports for 1871 and 1872, of the schools of Jasper county, may be of interest to patrons, teachers and officers, as showing the magnitude of our common school interests:

Enumeration Enrollment. \Atg AUcnd'ce. Ho. Teachers. Ho. of Days. Eetenue on Hands. \ Price Paid Teachers. Hame of Sthool Corporation. : 1 , 4 | 1— i 1871. | 1872. 1871 | 1872. j I*7l. j 1872. 1871. j 1872. 1871. | 1872. 1871. f 1872. 11871. 1872-|lß7l. | 1872. Hanging Grove., i. ....... 175 169 161 143 113 91 1 5 1® l 79 124 $“562 55“ ft 644 59 lsi AO $1 50 $1 50 $ 1 25 Q*l;lam i..,., 240 237 225 215 112 115 10 10 140 132 965 82 1055 81 1 50 1 621 85 1 35 V/ilker 98 119 77 85 50 65 3 4 70 80 420 03 425 46 1 66 1 50 1 41 Barkley 334 331 315 296 164 162 11 10 85 100 1251 67 1707 59 1 70 1 77 1 00 1 25 Marion 3.39 375 282 288 205 175 12 16 104 125 1773 97 2357 02 1 60 1 83 1 25 1 69 Jordan... i I 159 160 145 118 c !»9 70 4 4 68 80 456 93 538 24 1 66 1 95 1 66 Newton. i 163 145 143 149 73 69 5 5 I 100 140 485 19 634 86 2 00 1 93 1 15 1 43 Keener i : 40 48 23 34 j 8 22 1 2 28 74 237 48 274 13 1 25 2 00 1 50 Kankakee...-. 79 73 59 66 .34 31 2 2 120 100 356 31 470 77 1 65 160 Wlieatfield ...... s 61 65 36 42 . ,!27 35 4 4 49 50 272 13 330 73 87 1 50 Carpenter | 271 328 202 238 M 24 143 7 7 77 80 930 88 1162 55 2 00 1 91 2 00 1 95 Mi|roy , : 77 88 56 102 ' 37 56 2 4 138 122 190 56 219 66 1 85 1 50 ! 91 125. Union j 63 78 40 64 23 24 JP-i 4 140 110 397 53 497 61 1 58! 1 16 70 Reus»»laer ' 268 244 174 247 84 141 4 4 100 120 1082 54 1059 1 6 3 00 2 62j 2 08 2 25 Remington.-. j 198 197 122 j 148 98 76 2 2 25 120 789 28 973 73 2 25 3 00! 2 00 Total 12553 2657 213112205 1221 1275* 74 j ! 'jf0229~35 12340 50 _ I • *

•The wages paid to female teachers are shown in these two columns, those paid to male teachers occupy the preceding columns.

The enumeration 9hows an increase of two per cent, in one year. The enrollment shows a decrease of one-half of one per cent, in one year. The average attendance shows a gain of one per cent. There were fourteen more teachers employed tit 1872, at $1.91 per diem for males and $1.50 for females, while in IS7I male teachers received $1.66 and females $1.33. * - In 1871 the term was eighty-four days; in 1872 it Was one hundred and four days. The amount of school revenue on hand in IS7I was $10,229.35; in 1872 $12,310.50. The report of 1872 shows also a larger amount of special school revenue on hands. , 1 Thete are fifty-eight school houses with sixty-two rooms. The friends of common schools should see that the attendance for tjia coming year shall exceed one-hal#; if possible. . -—u.—.-tt-t-V-Study these facts and figures and resolve to do better lb the future*

S. P. THOMPSON,

School Examiner.

As we do not see what good it would do’to open our columns again to the controversy of a .couple of persons Ift Barkley township about the objects, evils and benefits of the secret order called Patrons of husbandry, or “Grangers,”\and as such a length of time has elapsed since we published an article over the signature of “Patron” in reply to an attack upon the Order that most of our readers have probably forgotten the subject and destroyed their papers containing it, we decline to publish 5 well-written article in answer to that reply from the pen of “Know Nothing,” which has been handed to us since our last isA. „ We have on hand for gratuitous distribution a few copies of Hon. Roscoe Conklin’s great speech delivered in Cooper Institute, New York City, July 23d, defining the political issues of the day; lion. Job E. Stevenson’s speech upon the Kuklux conspiracy; and other political documents. Any who desire', reading of this kind for themselves or neighbors can be supplied by making application at this office or to either of the proprietors. If •any of our Democratic neighborscall for them no impertinent questions will be asked and they will not be annoyed with offensive observations. court of this State having.restored tokis the secret ballot, people are not now subjected to the surveillance of a party police and can vote as their convictions decide is best, without danger of suffering the annoying, stings of the party lash.